Winning the lottery, lightning striking twice, a perfect SAT score? This last rare occurrence was achieved by one Philadelphia senior who deserves some special recognition.

"I woke up and checked my score on my cell phone and I didn't believe it at first, so I kept refreshing the page and after five to 10 times refreshing I woke my parents up. Mom, dad I got a perfect score!'" Cameron Clarke told FOX 29, remembering the day he found out he was notified of his perfect SAT score.

As we know, SAT's can feel like a make or break moment for students awaiting acceptance letters from colleges.

What Im saying is that some so-called disadvantaged minority will most likely get the spot instead of the person who scored a hundred on the SAT
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He is a Black but with then name Cameron Clarke he better enclose his picture.

Sad part is some one will give him a nifty jacket or spiffy sneakers and one of the others will take them from him, more than likely using force.

Only way to keep them ‘all’ down is start at the top and whittle away so very few of the ‘gifted’ make it out.

Very sorrowful.

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posted on 12/21/2012 7:45:12 PM PST
by xrmusn
(6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")

"I woke up and checked my score on my cell phone and I didn't believe it at first, so I kept refreshing the page and after five to 10 times refreshing I woke my parents up. Mom, dad I got a perfect score!'"

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posted on 12/21/2012 7:51:57 PM PST
by Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)

The student who conducted a tour of prospective students through my kid’s preferred university told us his scores, which were 100 points lower that my kid’s scores, but my kid was not admitted. My kid has blue eyes, blond hair, a Christian name and a Welsh surname. Our family has roots in the U.S. since before the Mayflower. The kid with the lower scores was from a foreign country. (And no, it was not Detroit.)

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posted on 12/21/2012 8:34:28 PM PST
by Albion Wilde
(The only way to stop a man with a gun is with a gun. --Daniel Greenfield)

“Now, this scholar doesn’t just spend all of his time studying, “music is what takes up most of my time,” Cameron says. He is the principle cellist of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and involved at school as the editor on the school newspaper, a writing advisor in the school’s writing center, senator in the student government, is involved in the math club, and in multiple honor societies.”

He is probably upper middle class at least.
Not all blacks are poor. And an intact black family is unlikely to be poor.
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I was afraid I was close to the ‘line’.
I was referring to a parent or relative doing something ‘extra’ nice for him - be it a jacket, sneakers or sports car as a ‘reward’ for all his hard work.

The emphasis I intended is one of the ‘disadvantaged’ will do him harm and I seriously doubt he has been anywhere near the crowd I am referring to but once he gets out in the ‘world’ things may change in a hurry.

Correct, he has probably not went to bed hungry unless he purposely skipped supper.

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posted on 12/21/2012 11:30:18 PM PST
by xrmusn
(6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")

Cuba Gooding Jr, who played Dr. Ben, did though. And I thought he was a good actor and pretty smart. But so many, like Samuel Jackson and Danny Glover and Laurence Fishburne (who seem to be otherwise fairly bright) have. Philadelphia, though, is right in the center of that "plantation."

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posted on 12/22/2012 12:14:30 AM PST
by imardmd1
(An armed society is a polite society -- but dangerous for the fool --)

I knew two of these Perfect Score kids. Both in my high school graduating class. Brother and Sister. Twins. Blonde and pale complexion. Damn close to, if not above 'Genius' level in the standardized testing of the late '60s. Sort of social outcasts (kind if ostracized) but both were darn nice kids. She, I heard, turned into a real beauty. Don't know about him; but I could imagine he never progressed beyond the 'pocket-protector' stage. But he was a good guy when I knew him.

Ya never know what happens to folks like this as they go through life.

This school, Germantown Academy, is right up the street from my house. I've known several kids who've gone there over the years. Very expensive - I'm pretty sure the high school is like 30 grand.

I coached CYO basketball for many years. Most kids were from the parish school but occasionally there were kids from private or public school. I only ever coached one kid from GA. He was Black and his parents were loaded - they held the end of season party at their home. Parents were both physicians at Jefferson.

This is not possible. He wasn't homeschooled even for a minute. Maybe just maybe it has to do with the fact that he came from a family that was intact. Might that have something to do with it? Naw that is to simple.

I politely request that for the remainder of this thread that you do not ping or post private mail to me. You have my permission to comment in any way you wish about my comments and use my name, but please do not ping or send private mail to me.

This young man did (andlikely had parents that were doing) IN THE HOME **everything** that children and parents who successfully homeschool do in their homes.

If “educators” were truly curious people and truly interested in educating children, they would be interviewing this young man and his parents to find out exactly what were the elements, IN THE HOME and at school that promoted his success. I doubt that will happen though since the entire purpose of education is providing jobs to the education-industrial complex and not in education children.

Freepers, your predigests are showing. IF the kids picture had never been included, you would not known anything about him other than he is a smart kid who obviously had worked hard to get such an SAT score. Now all you have to do is pray he becomes a conservative and can avoid the brainwashing he will endure in college. I wish him good luck.

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